Ask the Right Question David Mitchell Bats hang in the eaves

Bats hang in the eaves of the church and herons stand sentry in the river

a journalist selling true-life stories to a magazine

the emperor's ship embarks upon a twelve-day voyage

I knew I didn't have room for another

What is Topcliffe's interest in a housemaid

Ask the Right Question David Mitchell Bats hang in the eavesMeet Albert Samson a detective in the tradition of Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade, Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe and Ross Macdonald's Lew Archer. But Samson's no hard boiled clone. For one thing, he doesn't even own a gun. For another, he works in Indianapolis, the apparently unglamorous Midwestern city where he grew up. But the city and its problems are not the stuff of stereotypes. And Samson uses his wits and his contacts to solve his clients'